Comparison of three different culture methods in the diagnosis and investigation of frequency of Trichomonas vaginalis in women with the pre-diagnosis of vaginitis [Vajinit ön tanili kadinlarda Trichomonas vaginalis sikliğinin araştirilmasi ve tanisinda üç farkli kültür yönteminin karşilaştirilmasi]

Abstract

Objective: In this study, the incidence of Trichomonas vaginalis was investigated in samples taken from patients with pre-vaginitis using different culture methods and it was tried to determine which culture method is more suitable for isolation of parasitic pathway from the clinical material. Methods: It was examined that patients applied to the hospital with vaginitis pre-diagnosis between the dates of November 2015 - June 2016 in this study . The vaginal swab samples of 100 female patients the 30 age of whom varied between 18 and 68 were examined with InPouch TV system, Cysteine Pepton Liver Maltose (CPLM) and Trichomonas Broth (TB) culture methods. Results: At the end of the study, T. vaginalis was determined in 4 (4.0%) of 100 patients in all the media used in the study. While T. vaginalis stayed alive in CPLM and TB media until the sixth and seventh day, it was detected that it remained alive until the twelfth day in 35 InPouch TB medium. It was determined that the parasite reproduced in the InPouch TV and TB media more intensely and rapidly and followed a normal course in the CPLM medium. Conclusion: As a result, in this study, four (4%) of 100 patients with vaginitis who were admitted to the outpatient clinic were found positive in three different culture media. The most suitable culture in terms of isolation and identification of T. vaginalis was evaluated as InPouch TV in terms of the length of life of the trophozoites in culture and as shortness of the isolation period. © 2018, Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency (RSNPHA).